Student Feedback on ePortfolios

Today, students met with their conference mentors to read an article and discuss how to make e-portfolios more relevant for students. Many students do not see the need or value in this practice yet. I led a conversation with about 30 students and loved hearing their thoughts, ideas, complaints, and obstacles because I believe so fully in the power and relevance of e-portfolios as a tool for learning. There is a large gap and disconnect between our vision and the current reality of this initiative. I am totally stoked by this feedback and the conversations students are having. After all, the goal is to engage students and get them to feel a greater sense of ownership of their learning. Read the feedback and share your ideas for how to overcome some of these obstacles. It’s time to take the feedback and iterate…

more student feedback on post-it notes…

ePortfolios
I think we should be able to chose the form that we use. e-portfolio, website, blog, etc.
don’t get the point, no one sees it, we don’t really want to use it
give a reason to make e-portfolios
I think that e-portfolios can be easier and more well explained
not really worth it. if teachers want our work so bad they should upload our work to a specific folder
I think we could make it better by not making the students post often
I really do not know, just don’t make them so urgent? I do not know.
We can make it better by get a reward for posting things.
We do not need it as middle schoolers. Do not enjoy it.
Have a goal or a meaning of why we do thing.
Showcase them more. Put them to use more.
Make it easier to navigate
If MVPS needs it to get people to come to MVPS, then why don’t they do it themselves. There’s no point for students to do this when MVPS uses it themselves, not us. Do it yourself.